"absolute majority" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.səˌlut məˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ [US], /ˌæb.səˈljut məˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ [US] Forms: absolute majorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} absolute majority (plural absolute majorities)
  1. A true numerical majority, more than 50% of the items being counted. Categories (topical): Politics Hypernyms: majority Coordinate_terms: superminority, qualified minority, plurality, relative majority, simple majority, qualified majority, supermajority Translations (>50% of the counted item, esp. votes): 絕對多數 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝对多数 (juéduì duōshù) (Chinese Mandarin), absolut flertal [neuter] (Danish), volstrekte meerderheid [masculine] (Dutch), absolute meerderheid [masculine] (Dutch), yksinkertainen enemmistö (Finnish), majorité absolue [feminine] (French), maioría absoluta [feminine] (Galician), აბსოლუტური უმრავლესობა (absoluṭuri umravlesoba) (Georgian), absolute Mehrheit [feminine] (German), अर्द्धशताधिक बहुमत (arddhaśtādhik bahumat) [masculine] (Hindi), पूर्ण बहुमत (pūrṇ bahumat) [masculine] (Hindi), abszolút többség (Hungarian), hreinn meirihluti [masculine] (Icelandic), mayoritas mutlak (Indonesian), 絶対多数 (zettai tasū) (Japanese), 過半数 (kahansū) (Japanese), 절대다수 (jeoldaedasu) (Korean), majoriti mutlak (Malay), absolutt flertall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), majoritat absoluda [feminine] (Occitan), اکثریت مطلق (aksariyat-e motlaq) (Persian), większość bezwzględna [feminine] (Polish), maioria absoluta [feminine] (Portuguese), majoritate absolută [feminine] (Romanian), абсолютное большинство (absoljutnoje bolʹšinstvo) [neuter] (Russian), mayoría absoluta [feminine] (Spanish)

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